Alessandra Fachinetti Debuts Uniqueness

Alessandra Fachinetti might be best known for her quick turn at the helm of the house of Valentino after the designer himself retired in 2007. After leaving just a year later she laid low, until launching a new collection called Uniqueness in Paris yesterday.

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The line, backed by the Italian company Pinko, is trying to redefine the fashion cycle. Editors, retailers and designers have become increasingly vocal about the negative effects of the fashion calendar and the difficulty in producing so many collections each year, so far ahead of the season in which the clothes will actually be worn. Fachinetti, with Uniqueness, has gone season-less. Instead, the idea is to make the clothes available as soon as they're shown. So if, for example, you go to the Uniqueness website right now, you can order the clothes seen on yesterday's runway (unless you're in the States, in which case you an order everything on TheCorner starting Monday).

As for the clothes, it's an interesting mix of colors and prints without much of a theme holding it together, but on the plus side that means something for everyone. Click through to watch a video of the presentation.